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| Title |
Power through ‘Us’: Leaders’ Use of We-Referencing Language Predicts Election Victory
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0077952 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Niklas K. Steffens, S. Alexander Haslam |
| Abstract |
Leaders have been observed to use distinct rhetorical strategies, but it is unclear to what extent such strategies are effective. To address this issue we analyzed the official election campaign speeches of successful and unsuccessful Prime Ministerial candidates in all 43 Australian Federal elections since independence from Britain in 1901 and measured candidates' use of personal ('I', 'me') and collective pronouns ('we', 'us'). Victors used more collective pronouns than their unsuccessful opponents in 80% of all elections. Across all elections, victors made 61% more references to 'we' and 'us' and used these once every 79 words (vs. every 136 words for losers). Extending social identity theorizing, this research suggests that electoral endorsement is associated with leaders' capacity to engage with, and speak on behalf of, a collective identity that is shared with followers whose support and energies they seek to mobilize. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 127 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 23 | 18% |
| Australia | 5 | 4% |
| Argentina | 4 | 3% |
| Ireland | 3 | 2% |
| Mexico | 3 | 2% |
| Italy | 2 | 2% |
| India | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 19 | 15% |
| Unknown | 41 | 32% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 71 | 56% |
| Scientists | 36 | 28% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 14 | 11% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 6 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 127 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 124 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 20 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 10% |
| Researcher | 9 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 21 | 17% |
| Unknown | 37 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 51 | 40% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 7% |
| Arts and Humanities | 4 | 3% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 2% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 14 | 11% |
| Unknown | 44 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 145. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 January 2023.
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#289,054
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#4,149
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#2,126
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#102
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